POLITICIAN

Jerry Mateparae

1954 - Today

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Lieutenant General Sir Jeremiah Mateparae (born 14 November 1954) is a former New Zealand soldier who served as the 20th governor-general of New Zealand between 2011 and 2016, the second Māori person to hold the office, after Sir Paul Reeves. A former officer in the New Zealand Army, he was the Chief of the Defence Force from 2006 to 2011, and then served as the director of the New Zealand Government Communications Security Bureau for five months in 2011. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerry Mateparae has received more than 336,770 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Jerry Mateparae is the 17,262nd most popular politician (down from 16,063rd in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 104th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular New Zealander Politician.

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  • 3.43

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jerry Mateparae ranks 17,262 out of 19,576Before him are Maria das Neves, Jurelang Zedkaia, Dana Rohrabacher, Reinhard Bütikofer, Ed Markey, and Jim Webb. After him are Jürgen Rüttgers, William Wyatt Bibb, Themba Dlamini, John Blair Jr., Natalia Shaposhnikova, and Françoise Nyssen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Jerry Mateparae ranks 584Before him are Wendy Schaal, Ephrem M'Bom, Isidore Mvouba, Freddie Prinze, Jutta Kirst, and Noureddine Kourichi. After him are Ken Wahl, Rakhshān Banietemad, V. K. Sasikala, Vakhtang Blagidze, Mike Hagerty, and Costică Dafinoiu.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Jerry Mateparae ranks 114 out of 303Before him are Mike Moore (1949), Catherine Tizard (1931), Callan Mulvey (1975), Richard Pearse (1877), Winston Peters (1945), and Kerry Fox (1966). After him are Trevor Coker (1949), Keith Holyoake (1904), Jim Bolger (1935), Georgina Beyer (1957), Walter Buller (1838), and Andrew Dominik (1967).

Among POLITICIANS In New Zealand

Among politicians born in New Zealand, Jerry Mateparae ranks 23Before him are Chris Hipkins (1978), Bill English (1961), Tūheitia Paki (1955), Mike Moore (1949), Catherine Tizard (1931), and Winston Peters (1945). After him are Keith Holyoake (1904), Jim Bolger (1935), Georgina Beyer (1957), Geoffrey Palmer (1942), Robert Muldoon (1921), and Christopher Luxon (1970).